Queen For a Day! My SITS Day!

Queen For a Day! My SITS Day!

Sound the horns and start the drums! It’s time for all the fanfare that a Queen for a day would get! (wait…does a Queen for a day get fanfare?) I say she does! And this Queen is ready for her tiarra (which is still sitting on a shelf in my living room after my wedding two years ago that I can’t seem to part with), and a nice comfy chair to sit in to put her feet up so others can serve her….I sound delusional you say? FINE! I guess you are right. But I still get to FEEL like a Queen for a day since today is FINALLY my SITS day! The day I have been waiting for for about a year!

Welcome my SITStas! I hope you enjoy yourself today as you browse around my little world here at After The Alter. For those of you who don’t know what SITS is…The Secret is in The Sauce.. it is a group of women bloggers dedicated to supporting one another by leaving comments. And I am not sure there is anything bloggers like more than comments is there? I know I certainly like to feel the love! So I hope for all the new people visiting today, you find you like it here. If you really like it here then I’d love if you became a “google friend” by clicking over there to the right, and if you REALLY like it here I’d love for you to join my blog frog community (which you can also do over to the right). There, I am really trying to build a community that focuses on the joys of marriage. I think it can be a great place for people to come together and share! On top of those two ways to get involved in this great marriage community I also have an After The Alter Facebook Fan Page! Here I put up each days new post, as well as post a question of the day to my readers. I also encourage those to blog about marriage to share their stories here also!

Now let me tell you a little about myself and my blog. My name is Jen and I am a 29 year old (Turning 30 this June! Yikes!), work at home wife, who dreams of being a stay at home mom. As you will see After The Alter is spelled with an “e” in alter. That is because this blog is about my life after being married as well as all the changes that go along with it! And boy what changes have come during my almost two years as a married woman. On June 14, 2008 I married my best friend. On this blog he is known as Captain Awesome. We are college sweethearts, and have been together nine years total, and married for almost two. We have our beautiful 3.5 lb Pomeranian Tinkerbell, and we live in a townhouse in Long Island. I am originally from Pennsylvania, and you may just happen to see a bunch of posts about my dislike for Long Island…but as The Captain constantly reminds me I have been here since 1998 so I should get used to it! I pretty much blog about everything from my love for Martoonis (aka Martinis), to picking on Captain Awesome, to Wifey 101 posts about marriage. Pretty much anything that comes into my head…goes back out onto this blog.

It was tough to pick 3 of my favorite posts, since there is so much I want to share with you. But in the spirit of following the rules here goes!

I guess we can start off with a piece I wrote on our 1 Year Anniversary! One Year Down and Many More to Go! It’s hard for me to put in words how much I love my husband, and how blessed I am to have him in my life, but at least this can give you a little idea about us.

This next piece isn’t necessarily a happy piece, but it does say a lot about where my blog went shortly after our 1 year anniversary. This post about Our Loss, began a series of posts about my miscarriage. I wanted to be open and honest about it. From there my blog kind of turned into a Trying to Conceive blog, since I began a long journey of trying to reach my dream of becoming a mother.

The good news is that after 7 months of TTC post miscarriage Captain Awesome and I DID conceive, and we have a little miracle on the way. I am happy to report I am about 10weeks pregnant! And here is my big blog announcement about my pregnancy: We Have A Bean!

Visiting from SITS.. Happy Queen for a day! And congratulations on the big news. Being a mother is the most difficult, busy, crazy & rewarding experiences. There truly is nothing like it in the world. Can’t wait to read more of your blog.

congratulations on your SITS day! and your pregnancy, that’s so exciting–my blog topic for tomorrow is all about the things you might not know about pregnancy and labor/delivery, so you might be able to find out something…interesting ;).

i was also sorry to read about your miscarriage–i had one when my husband and i first got married, and it was devastating. i wish i’d had a blog then; the recovery might have been a little easier. anyway, sorry for the long comment and have an awesome day!

I’d love to read about things I might not know (I think lol)I am sure there is ALOT that I don’t know! lol I found blogging such a comfort during that rough time, and it connected me to so many others who have been through the same thing. so that helped me alot. I appreciate the long comment! 😉 My favorite!

Congratulations on being Queen for the Day and, most especially, for The Bean! I loved being pregnant even though my knees and ankles were approximately the same circumference and my body temperature was pretty close to volcanic … but hey, don’t let me scare you! 🙂

I hope you enjoy your SITS day as much as I enjoyed reading your blog!

Happy SITS Day! Yay! I think it’s great that you are recording what’s going on in your life. I’ve been married for 24 years and have 5 kids. I wish I had kept even a paper journal of life back then. You’ll cherish all these posts one day.

Happy SITS Day! I love the concept of your blog. There’s so much you can share about what we think marriage is and what it really turns into. A big congrats on being pregnant. Can’t wait to read future posts.

I love that you are “the work at home wife!” i too work from home! 🙂 I love it! I like to work on being a good wife, but these days poor Captain awesome isn’t getting my 100%..but I guess that comes with the territory when preggers! lol

Congratulations on your SITS day – and your little bean! I’ve had a similar experience (a miscarriage followed by another pregnancy – ours was identical twins, who were born 4 weeks ago!), and I think it’s wonderful that you’re so candid about your experience…I know it’s an intensely personal thing, but in a way I wish more women were open about a loss, because I never felt more alone than when I went through it.

I follow the preosuar blog! Congrats on the twins! You are so blessed! Holding our little miracle in my arms seems so far away right now! When it first happened for me I googled and felt very alone. I had no idea what to expect. But once I blogged so many people contacted me an dopened up and it helped me so much. Thank you for the congrats!

Happy SITS day and a big happy congrats to you on your pregnancy. I’ve been meaning to stop by and congratulate you on that one for a while now, but things have been a little busy here. I hope you have a great day filled with lots and lots of comment love!!

I was so happy to see your blog on today’s featured list, because I just recently started my own “after the altar” blog (I got married last month) — I wanted to chronicle the journey. I look forward to reading your posts!

Congrats on your SITS day and most of all CONGRATS on your baby on the way!!! How exciting. I can’t wait to check out all your posts…you sound just like me. 2 years married, 10 years with my college sweetheart before that, one loss, and lots of life going one.

Happy SITS Day! And congratulations on your “little bean”. I have two running around my house, and I distinctly remember when they were, in fact, nothing more than beans. I wish I would have blogged when I was pregnant, so I could have a journal of my experience. Now all I remember is feeling crappy, gaining a ton of weight and praying for the doctor to take them out so I could once again see my toes.

I’m so happy about your “bean”. I know how awful it is when you loose one. When it finally does happen again, you spend the first few months praying that you don’t loose it, then once you can feel the movement you spend the remainder of your time poking to make sure it’s still moving! Everyone told me I was driving my baby crazy!

Good luck with this, and don’t worry too much – elastic will be your friend for the next little while~

Congrats on being SITS Queen for the Day! What an honor! Congrats on your life after the alter- sounds like it’s been good. Sorry to hear about the miscarriages. I had one many years ago now and it never really goes away. Times helps.

Happy SITS day!!! I think it’s wonderful that you have a Marriage Group online. How cool. I’ll definitely check it out. Greg and I got married a little over a year ago and any positive support for marriage is a thing I want to be a part of!

Happy SITS Day!! The first couple years of marriage are definitely good for figuring out a new way of living, and it’s amazing how much you learn about yourself, both good and not-so-good.

Congratulations on your little one on the way!! I have a 15 month old girl, and a little boy due in one week, so if you ever need someone to talk about pregnancy or babies with, I’m most definitely your girl!

Happy SITS Day! And more importantly congrats on your pregnancy!!! You might want to head on over to my blog- I have some advice for new moms! Ha! Not all pretty though! I do love my babies and it is the best thing I ever did!! Love your blog – now following you GFC and Twitter!

Dear Jen, What an absolute pleasure to meet you. Your tiara is absolutetly gorgeous. Who made it? Everyone deserves to be queen for a day, as in our hearts we are already princesses. (or princes) I am happy that you are happy to be married. I am not married myself, but have been in a relationship with my best friend for 7 years so I can understand the joy in being together with someone that long, and who knows you inside out. I shall look forward in checking out your posts, and I am excited to be making a new friend. I found you over at SITS, and I’m very grateful to have connected with you. Have a blessed day and keep enjoying whatever marriage throws at you. 🙂 P.S-Your website is truly beautiful, and I love green.

Congratulations on your day to shine with SITS! (I want to be a queen everyday) I am truly excited for you, your husband and your baby. I have put you in my reader. I have another blog were I send out handkerchiefs to women who have lost their baby/child. I am sorry for what you have been through and will keep you in my prayers.

I’m a new follower from SITS! I’m actually a Long Island gal myself and have been married since 2008 too. I’ve been blogging about the changes and challenges as well. It’s nice to find someone who can relate! Maybe one day you can stop by my blog and say hello.

Happy SITS Day to you! Also, congrats on your pregnancy! Always such an exciting time! I really enjoyed visiting your blog, and I just HAD to go visit the page about your adorable Tinkerbell. I think Pomeranians are such cute little dogs. She does look like she would be a little Diva! 🙂 Blessings, Andrea

As the mother of a 12 year old and 15 year old and soon to be celebrating my 20th wedding anniversary, congrats on your marriage, your pregnancy, and your SITS day. I am new to blogging but really enjoying it.

Oh, and your bodily functions rules post? Totally made me ROFL! I agree though, you just don’t intentionally do that in front of the one you love. Or anyone, for that matter. Now accidentally? Yeah, that sometimes happens. At those times, I agree with “P” – Fart and move on.

Happy SITS day soon to be momma! And super congrats on your little bean in the oven. I’ve got a 6.5 month old bean myself. I kinda get jealous of others who are pregnant. It was such a blessing of an experience.

I think the grass is always greener on the other side! Right now I am so nervous about things going well that I just want time to move faster!! but I am sure that sentiment will change very quickly! Enjoy your little one!

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After the Alter is a blog about my "life after the alter" meaning after being married, and the changes that go with it. I am a mom to a beautiful boy and girl who are the stars of this blog, and a little Pomeranian named Tinkerbell. I LOVE being married to Captain Awesome, and here I share stories of my life as I learn how to be the best wife and mom I can be, and all my crazy thoughts along the way.